Sadly that's not the case in the banking industry Bron Common practise when the managers are looking for new assistant staff from the Graduate Program is (because there are sooo many applicants) to narrow down the list by using certain criteria. Even though it might have been several years since the applicant was at highschool they will give preference to the privately educated ones. DH says that from experience (amongst all the managers he knows) these are the applicants who have the interpersonal skills required for the job: good grooming... good speech patterns... ability to quickly establish rapport with clients to name a few. But DH works in the private banking sector where the clients are very high net worth clients who generally have very high expectations in these areas. But... still... I'd say "meh" too... who'd want to work for a bank anyhow? but it does happen.